Provost's Newsletter, May 2017
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On April 4, the Office of Wellbeing celebrated 8 new Thrive Dimension Champions. In 2015, the Office of Wellbeing launched the Dimension Champions Award to acknowledge WFU faculty and staff who demonstrate their commitment to individual and community wellbeing in one of the eight dimensions: emotional, environmental, intellectual, occu- pational, physical, social, and spiritual. Congratulations to these thriving Deacons who were nominated by members of the WFU community: Dr. Denisha Champion - Emotional Wellbeing Lee Collette - Environmental Wellbeing Barbara Meredith - Financial Wellbeing Dr. Debbie Newsome - Intellectual Wellbeing Melanie Bullock - Occupational Wellbeing Adam Carlson - Physical Wellbeing Lesia Finney - Social Wellbeing Sylvia Green – Spiritual Wellbeing For more information or to nominate future champi- ons: Click HERE. Teaching Empathy through Dialogue with Art: Co-Authored Paper Published An article exploring the themes of Love and Loss written by Katherine Ziff and Na- thaniel Ivers in the Wake Forest Department of Counseling, and Kathleen Hutton at Reynolda House was recently published. The paper was inspired by an exhibition cu- rated by Hutton on view at the Museum in 2015. Exhibitions at Reynolda House Catch Samuel F.B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention in the Bab- cock Gallery until June 4. This exhibition features Morse’s six-by-nine-foot masterpiece shown among prints from Wake Forest’s collection, early telegraphs from the Smith- sonian, and works from Reynolda House’s own collection. For ticket information and events that are free for WFU faculty, visit reynoldahouse.org/morse. For your postmodern fix, come see Off the Wall, currently on view in the West Bed- room Gallery until June 12. This small exhibition in the historic house includes works of art from the Museum’s collection that are rarely on view, including pieces by Louise Nevelson, Thornton Dial, Sr., and Red Grooms. Summer Adventures for Kids 2017 Looking for something fun and creative for your child to do this summer? Look no further than right down Reynolda Road. Reynolda House offers unique summer camp experienc- es designed to enlighten, enliven, and em- bolden! View them online here. How To Get Tickets for Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern Reynolda House will kick off its centennial year with the landmark exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern, opening August 19. This exhibition explores how the artist’s modern sensibility saturated her art, her life, her homes, and her carefully fashioned public (and private) personas. Reynolda House is the exhibition's only venue south of New York. Wake Forest University faculty and staff will receive free admission for themselves and a guest, but the Museum is requesting advance reservation of timed entry tickets. Tickets for the exhibition go on sale Tuesday, May 30 at 9 a.m. Due to anticipated de- mand and to provide the best experience possible, admission will be based on timed entry tickets. Several entry times will be available for each day, and Reynolda House will extend its hours on Thursday until 8 p.m. to accommodate visitors. Both advance purchase of tickets and reservation of tickets for free visitors are strongly encouraged to ensure admission. Tickets will be available online at reynoldahouse.org/ livingmodern. Coming Up: “Object of the Month” Talks June 7 – Photo album of The Negro and Reynolda (1940) with Chris Jordan, director of public programs News from the Teaching and Learning Collaborative Congratulations to the 2017 recipients of the Teaching and Learning Collaborative's Innovative Teaching Award! This award recognizes the effort put forth by faculty who have redesigned their courses or introduced new courses with innovative research- based approaches to the practice of teaching. Recipients were honored at a banquet on April 12, with opening remarks provided by Dr. Lynn Sutton, Vice Provost. Michael Sloan, Classical Languages Eric Stottlemyer, English Scott Geyer, Chemistry Stephanie Koscak, History Sara E. Dahill-Brown, Politics and International Affairs Amanda Foster, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Amanda M. Gengler, Sociology